The place was said to be haunted before the previous owner received a toe tag down at the morgue. But John Ember wasn’t afraid of a ghost....

Louis was a young lad walking home from school on a cool, crisp, fall afternoon. While walking he caught a wiff of something foul. He looked...

My heart pounded in my chest as we pulled up to the new house. The moment we moved in, I had this strange feeling that something was off. The...

I've always thought of myself as an ordinary guy. Well, except for one tiny detail—I can't die. Yeah, you heard me right. It's not exactly a...

I hadn’t been at my apartment long when I noticed the van. Maybe two or three weeks at the most. I was trying to figure out which neighbors...

It’s been two years since the war started. The war isn’t with other countries, it’s within this country. Or at least it was back when this...

The rumors about Professor G.W. Stephens were as weird as they were eclectic. Some said that he had murdered his first wife and buried her in the...

It must be a dream, Dave thought. That was the only logical, rational explanation.  But it wasn't. As Dave stepped onto the wobbly, cheap wooden...

“You’ve got another soul to reap. A week from today.” The file is tossed onto the coffee table I’m sitting at, but before I can look up to...

Dear George,  We haven’t met yet, this is your Uncle. I want to welcome you to the world and I could not be more excited to meet you. First...

The waves were not exactly cooperating as she tried to scribble in her dive book. Then again, they rarely did. She was anchored about a mile off...

It had been there for ages, that house. I still remember the chill that ran down my spine as we stood before the towering silhouette of the Olden...

Being hunted is probably my least favorite part of this job. Bark scrapes against the back of my exposed arms as I nestle myself against the tree...

“You can’t be serious!” She looked at him with what she knew was pathetic desperation - but it was the last trick she had up her sleeve. The...

My father’s house was a mess. The countertops were covered in books and littered with dusty Post-it notes. The washing machine rattled the whole...

My eyes don’t want to open, but with every wince I can see the sand of a dessert surrounding me. The ache of my bones and twinge of my muscles...